A moderately strong, 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Monday, according to the United States ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

Some cities had fewer acres in the very high risk designation, but most of the region had more high risk acreage.

Cal Fire's new maps for Southern California added 3.5 million acres into fire-hazard zones, increasing the acreage in the highest hazard zone by 26%.

All told, the size of orange and red patches on the new maps is 3,626 square miles — an area nearly twice the size of Delaware.

For the first time in at least 14 years, state officials will release updated fire maps for Southern California on Monday, March 24, showing where wildfires are most likely to occur within the next ...

According to Cal Fire data, San Diego County has 157,338 acres with “very high” fire hazard, the highest level of hazard. In 2011, that figure was more than 180,700 acres.

California’s Public Advocate has been pressing for new utility fire maps since 2023. Utilities are on board — but regulators ...

Cal Fire has released maps identifying the level of fire hazard severity that cities across eight Southern California counties face as part of efforts to prepare for and prevent wildfires.

ANGELES TO HELP WITH WILDFIRE RELIEF, AND THIS ALL COMES AS PHASE FOUR OF THE STATE’S FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED. THIS IS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SO WE’RE KIND OF ZOOMING ...

That happened in most counties even before places like Shasta County ... that includes the National Drought Mitigation Center. However, drought maps also reported parts Southern California are in ...

California rolled out a new map of fire hazard severity zones for San Diego County on Monday for the first time in more than a decade, showing a 26% increase in acres now in a very high hazard zone.